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1. tappet oil drain holes (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 08:11:02 -0700
I'm pulling my new motor out to correct a problem that cropped up after only a few hundred miles. I've been haunted by excessive oil smoke and have finally traced the problem to pooling of oil over t
/html/spridgets/2004-10/msg00626.html (7,731 bytes)

2. Re: tappet oil drain holes (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 08:39:58 -0700
As far as changes since that last time things were good, undrilled tappets and a high volume Metro oil pump are the critical changes. I've used the adjustable screw fitting to get adjustable oil pres
/html/spridgets/2004-10/msg00628.html (7,318 bytes)

3. Re: tappet oil drain holes (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 08:58:13 -0700 (PDT)
3 sets, no problems. But now that I've jinxwed it there will be. == Ron Soave "Race fans, I had inferred from my one trip to the Brickyard 400, fell into one of two categories: tattooed/shirtless/sew
/html/spridgets/2004-10/msg00629.html (7,039 bytes)

4. Re: tappet oil drain holes (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 12:31:06 -0500
As an alternative to drilling the tappets, you might want to think about honing the block passages that the tappets slide through to give more clearance for the oil to drain. When I bought my 79 B, I
/html/spridgets/2004-10/msg00632.html (9,050 bytes)

5. Re: tappet oil drain holes (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 13:45:23 -0700 reply-type=original
Thanks Bob, Thats a good idea as well. I'll keep that in mind as an additional post-reassembly thing to try if I still have a problem after drilling the lifters. They aren't really all that hard to d
/html/spridgets/2004-10/msg00642.html (8,781 bytes)

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